Academic Profile : Faculty
Prof Ling San
Deputy President and Provost
Professor of Mathematical Sciences
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Professor Ling San is Deputy President and Provost at NTU Singapore. Currently the President’s Chair in Mathematical Sciences, he joined NTU in April 2005 as the Founding Head of the Division of Mathematical Sciences in the School of Physical & Mathematical Sciences (SPMS). He was Chair of SPMS from April 2008 to December 2010, and Dean, College of Science, from August 2011 to December 2017, before his appointment as Provost on 1 January 2018. Before joining NTU, he spent 13 years at the National University of Singapore (NUS).
Professor Ling’s research interests are in applications of algebra and number theory to combinatorial designs, coding theory, cryptography and sequences. He has published more than 200 journal and conference papers and two textbooks, and edited several conference proceedings. His research has clinched more than S$20 million in funding.
A visiting scholar at institutions such as the University of California, Berkeley, CNRS, ESSI Sophia Antipolis, INRIA, ENS Lyon, Macquarie University, the Technion, and Hanyang University, he was a recipient of the Singapore Youth Award (Science & Technology) in 2001, National Science Award (Team) in 2003, Service to Education Award from the Singapore Ministry of Education in 2010, Public Administration Medal (Silver) from the President of the Republic of Singapore in 2013, and Fellowship of the Singapore National Academy of Science in 2014. A passionate educator, he has also won numerous teaching excellence awards at both NTU and NUS.
Active in serving the professional community, he is the Vice President of the Singapore National Academy of Science, and has been a Past President of the Southeast Asian Mathematical Society and the Singapore Mathematical Society, and a former member of the Board of Directors of the International Association for Cryptologic Research. He is also on the Management Boards of the Institute for Mathematical Sciences at NUS and has served as a reviewer for research funding agencies in Singapore and abroad.
He obtained his BA and MA in Mathematics from the University of Cambridge, and has a PhD in Mathematics from the University of California, Berkeley
Professor Ling’s research interests are in applications of algebra and number theory to combinatorial designs, coding theory, cryptography and sequences. He has published more than 200 journal and conference papers and two textbooks, and edited several conference proceedings. His research has clinched more than S$20 million in funding.
A visiting scholar at institutions such as the University of California, Berkeley, CNRS, ESSI Sophia Antipolis, INRIA, ENS Lyon, Macquarie University, the Technion, and Hanyang University, he was a recipient of the Singapore Youth Award (Science & Technology) in 2001, National Science Award (Team) in 2003, Service to Education Award from the Singapore Ministry of Education in 2010, Public Administration Medal (Silver) from the President of the Republic of Singapore in 2013, and Fellowship of the Singapore National Academy of Science in 2014. A passionate educator, he has also won numerous teaching excellence awards at both NTU and NUS.
Active in serving the professional community, he is the Vice President of the Singapore National Academy of Science, and has been a Past President of the Southeast Asian Mathematical Society and the Singapore Mathematical Society, and a former member of the Board of Directors of the International Association for Cryptologic Research. He is also on the Management Boards of the Institute for Mathematical Sciences at NUS and has served as a reviewer for research funding agencies in Singapore and abroad.
He obtained his BA and MA in Mathematics from the University of Cambridge, and has a PhD in Mathematics from the University of California, Berkeley
1. Applications of algebra and number theory to combinatorial designs, coding theory, cryptography and sequences
2. Arithmetic of modular curves and Galois representations
2. Arithmetic of modular curves and Galois representations
- Algebraic approaches to coding theory and related topics
- Towards Harmonious Transitions to Post-Quantum Cryptography: Technical Challenges and Innovative Approaches
Awards
2013 - Public Administration Medal (Silver), President of the Republic of Singapore, Singapore
2010 - Service to Education Award, Ministry of Education, Singapore
2003 - National Science Award (Team), Singapore
2001 - Singapore Youth Award (Science and Technology), Singapore
2010 - Service to Education Award, Ministry of Education, Singapore
2003 - National Science Award (Team), Singapore
2001 - Singapore Youth Award (Science and Technology), Singapore
Fellowships & Other Recognition
2014 - Fellow, Singapore National Academy of Science
Supervision of PhD Students
NTU
11. Tang Khai Hanh, Thesis title: New and Improved Zero-knowledge Argument Systems for Code-based Cryptography, 2018 – present (co-supervision with Wang Huaxiong and Nguyen Ta Toan Khoa)
10. Jareena Tharnnukhroh, Thesis title: On Constacyclic Codes and Their Generalizations, 2017 – present
9. Li Zhe, Thesis title: Post Quantum Cryptographic Constructions, 2016 – 2020 (co-supervision with Xing Chaoping)
8. Xu Yanhong, Thesis title: Group Signatures with Advanced Features from Lattices 2014 – 2018 (co-supervision with Wang Huaxiong)
7. Zhang Juanyang, Thesis title: Revocable Cryptosystems from Lattices 2014 – 2018 (co-supervision with Wang Huaxiong)
6. Cheng Shantian, Thesis title: Lattice Packing and Lattice Reduction Algorithm, 2012 – 2016 (co-supervision with Xing Chaoping)
5. Romar Basillaje Dela Cruz, Thesis title: Secret Sharing Schemes and Linear Codes, 2008 – 2014 (co-supervision with Wang Huaxiong)
4. Wei Lei, Thesis title: Analysis of Iterated Block Ciphers, 2008 – 2012 (co-supervision with Wang Huaxiong)
3. Dau Son Hoang, Thesis title: On Index Coding with Side Information, 2008 – 2012 (co-supervision with Chee Yeow Meng)
2. Martianus Frederic Ezerman, Thesis title: On Quantum Error-Correcting Codes, 2007 – 2011
1. Jia Yan, Thesis title: Algebraic Methods in Coding Theory, 2006 – 2011
NUS
1. Yang Siman, Thesis title: On Explicit Towers of Function Fields over Finite Fields, 2001 – 2005
Chulalongkorn University (Thailand)
2. Ekkasit Sangwisut, Thesis title: Hull of Constacyclic Codes over Finite Fields, 2012 – 2014 (co-supervision with Patanee Udomkavanich)
1. Somphong Jitman, Thesis title: Skew-Cyclic Codes over Finite Chain Rings, 2009 – 2011 (co-supervision with Patanee Udomkavanich)
University of the Philippines, Diliman (The Philippines)
1. John Mark T Lampos, Thesis title: On Duadic Codes over Z4+uZ4, Supercodes, and Quasi-Cyclic Product Codes, 2017 – present (co-supervision with Lilibeth Valdez)
Central China Normal University (China)
1. Xu Pan, Thesis title: (Tbc), 2021 – present (co-supervision with Hongwei Liu)
11. Tang Khai Hanh, Thesis title: New and Improved Zero-knowledge Argument Systems for Code-based Cryptography, 2018 – present (co-supervision with Wang Huaxiong and Nguyen Ta Toan Khoa)
10. Jareena Tharnnukhroh, Thesis title: On Constacyclic Codes and Their Generalizations, 2017 – present
9. Li Zhe, Thesis title: Post Quantum Cryptographic Constructions, 2016 – 2020 (co-supervision with Xing Chaoping)
8. Xu Yanhong, Thesis title: Group Signatures with Advanced Features from Lattices 2014 – 2018 (co-supervision with Wang Huaxiong)
7. Zhang Juanyang, Thesis title: Revocable Cryptosystems from Lattices 2014 – 2018 (co-supervision with Wang Huaxiong)
6. Cheng Shantian, Thesis title: Lattice Packing and Lattice Reduction Algorithm, 2012 – 2016 (co-supervision with Xing Chaoping)
5. Romar Basillaje Dela Cruz, Thesis title: Secret Sharing Schemes and Linear Codes, 2008 – 2014 (co-supervision with Wang Huaxiong)
4. Wei Lei, Thesis title: Analysis of Iterated Block Ciphers, 2008 – 2012 (co-supervision with Wang Huaxiong)
3. Dau Son Hoang, Thesis title: On Index Coding with Side Information, 2008 – 2012 (co-supervision with Chee Yeow Meng)
2. Martianus Frederic Ezerman, Thesis title: On Quantum Error-Correcting Codes, 2007 – 2011
1. Jia Yan, Thesis title: Algebraic Methods in Coding Theory, 2006 – 2011
NUS
1. Yang Siman, Thesis title: On Explicit Towers of Function Fields over Finite Fields, 2001 – 2005
Chulalongkorn University (Thailand)
2. Ekkasit Sangwisut, Thesis title: Hull of Constacyclic Codes over Finite Fields, 2012 – 2014 (co-supervision with Patanee Udomkavanich)
1. Somphong Jitman, Thesis title: Skew-Cyclic Codes over Finite Chain Rings, 2009 – 2011 (co-supervision with Patanee Udomkavanich)
University of the Philippines, Diliman (The Philippines)
1. John Mark T Lampos, Thesis title: On Duadic Codes over Z4+uZ4, Supercodes, and Quasi-Cyclic Product Codes, 2017 – present (co-supervision with Lilibeth Valdez)
Central China Normal University (China)
1. Xu Pan, Thesis title: (Tbc), 2021 – present (co-supervision with Hongwei Liu)